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- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis. That is true but irrelevant. You don't need a crystal ball to see that we have an unsustainable business model and no political process for change. What we need is simple—growth. We need the economy to expand. We need people to feel that they can get... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
cities between 1910 and 1930. Instrumenting immigrants’ location decision by interacting national changes in migration flows across ethnic groups with pre-existing immigrants’ enclaves across U.S. cities, we find that immigration raised marriage rates and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
low-income parents than existing U.S. tax policy. The optimal policy increases the probability that low-income children move up the economic ladder, generating a present-value welfare gain of 1.28% of consumption in our baseline case.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
not currently in the full-time workforce. Many of the women who chose to leave their professional careers had approached Clark during his recent visits with alumni groups. They told him they felt disconnected from business and from HBS after leaving full-time work to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
is comprised of an extensive collection of Harvard Business School cases devoted to information technology. Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization Authors:Evan P. Apfelbaum, Kristin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
PublicationsWillpower in Children and Adults: A Survey of Recent Results and Economic Implications Authors:Marco Piovesan, Alessandro Bucciol, and Dan Houser Publication:International Review of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
like we got X donations, and we took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful, but it is not the norm. By and... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
team, also owned by Perini at that time. The team became a major sponsor of the Jimmy Fund, helping raise money for the treatment of children with cancer. Although the Jimmy Fund has mobilized a multitude of other major support sources,... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
businesses after World War II, and how his children and grandchildren have taken the business forward, professionalizing the management and engaging in extensive social investments. The Group became a symbol of ethical capitalism, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412027-PDF-ENG Bridge International Academies: A School in a Box V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine LeeHarvard Business School Case 511-064 Bridge International was founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise to address the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
characteristics have to contend with the fact that we already make taxes and transfers depend on some characteristics, such as the number of children and physical disabilities. Why would height open the door to abuses if these have not?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
for assigning children to schools in Boston and New York and for facilitating exchanges of kidneys. Computers enable the design of "smart markets" that combine the inputs of users in complex ways: In kidney exchange, they run... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
which prescribed non-violence towards all living things. "In our business, it is a philosophy to be useful to others, to be friends to others, to be holding the hands of others ... because you have a capacity to hold," Chandaria said. "We always told our View Details
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
and running in that direction and is good at it.) It turns out that its vision is "excellent public schools for every child in New Orleans." Every child, not just the children in charter schools. The state runs the majority of... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading cause of death among young children in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia. Heralded in the 1970s as one of the most important medical advancements of the 20th... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Harvard Business School Case 717-483 Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company Mickey Mouse, Snow White, and Buzz Lightyear strolled down Main Street at the grand opening of Hong Kong Disney in the fall of 2005, pausing to snap selfies with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
(CHF). CHF's mission was to eradicate lead poisoning in children in the United States. The case provides an overview of lead poisoning in the U.S., including how it is measured, its causes, and legislation enacted to prevent it. The case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
redistribution as a medium to bring out the best in humanity. By the end of 2019, the Robin Hood Army was present in twelve countries, was serving over 500,000 meals per month, and had helped more than 750 children enroll in public... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
ranks. To support these efforts at effecting institutional change, Abe also has overseen rapid growth in daycare facilities for the children of working mothers and has worked intensively to encourage Japan's business associations to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman